The process of Jon leading his troops to attack Prince's Pass was not very smooth.
He personally led 2,000 soldiers and the nobles of the Reach gathered together 2,000 private soldiers. A total of 4,000 people surrounded the Prince's Pass, blocking this route from the Crimson Mountains in Dorne.
Main routes in the Reach and Stormlands.
Now that the dark clouds of war are hanging over this land, all caravans traveling between the two places need to detour through more dangerous bone roads, or choose water transportation.
The Prince's Pass is the main road from Dorne to the outside world. Although the pass is not extremely dangerous, it is still easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The Crimson Mountains on both sides of the pass are also a barrier to this majestic pass. The Crimson Mountains can only allow small-scale troops to pass through, and large troops cannot move because the rugged mountain roads cannot drive heavy vehicles.
Even though the large army crossed the Crimson Mountains, they had no food supplies. The other side only had to strengthen the walls and clear the fields and clear out the surrounding villages. These people would have no choice but to starve to death or chew tree bark.
Although Jon Connington has been the Hand of the King for several years and the butler at the rear, he has been a veteran on the battlefield and has rich experience in commanding battles. He believes that the other party will not show mercy when it is time to strike.
Because the other party was well aware of His Majesty the King's tactics, he should have considered the consequences when he attacked Earl Cenfold's relatives in a fit of passion.
The worst outcome is that "Old Falcon" Franklin Fowler is escorted to King's Landing and given a noose or dressed in black.
In the worst case scenario, he might even be stripped of his title, strip off the title of earl of Tianji City, and drive the Fowler family out of their homeland.
If such a thing really happened, then Franklin Fowler would become the eternal sinner of the Fowler family.
Therefore, if Count Franklin Fowler does not want to die and does not want to become a sinner for the ages, he can only drag more people into the water.
After all, the honeymoon period between Dorne and the Iron Throne is now over, and the privilege of the Dornish people to dominate the Seven Kingdoms has also ended.
Moreover, other regions outside Dorne are implementing a different set of standards, attracting a large number of Dorne people to seek refuge. The Dorne nobles can hardly even find tenant farmers working in their fiefdoms. Of course, they will be dissatisfied.
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Although the Dornish nobles didn't know how to express it, they always felt that they had been trapped from the beginning when they claimed to ask for privileges, and they got into it themselves.
However, although the Dornish people are not very good at talking, they are very good at waving their fists to show their strength. When the Dornish people are dissatisfied, they rebel and express their dissatisfaction. The sweet dates from the Iron Throne are sent over. They are very concerned about this.
A set of business processes has become very proficient.
Therefore, the proposal of Franklin Fowler, Earl of Tianji City, actually still has a certain market in Dorne.
While he has recently been resisting the attack of the royal army, he has been busy lobbying the rest of the Dornish nobles to join him. Sunspear's attitude is ambiguous. Although it has expressed its opposition, it has not been very firm in its opposition.
There were also a few nobles who were a little shaken and seemed to be interested in joining Earl Franklin Fowler's proposal and working together to achieve great things.
Of course, Sunspear's attitude is not that firm. It may not be that Prince Doran betrayed his son-in-law, but it may also be used to express dissatisfaction with the Iron Throne.
After all, the current situation in Dorne has indeed become a problem that cannot be ignored. If it continues like this, Dorne's independence will be lost sooner or later.
Moreover, he bowed his head and meekly integrated into the kingdom system. From then on, he lost his autonomy. The 'unyielding' Martell family also lost the trust and loyalty of the Dornish nobles.
He may not care about the loyalty of the people, but he cannot ignore the trust of his nobles.
It was a moment of prosperity for the Martell family to have a queen, and Prince Doran had to consider the future status of the Martell family in Dorne, which was the foundation of the family.
Otherwise, even if the future king will have the blood of the Martell family, he will not cede his interests to the Martell family because his surname is still Targaryen.
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"Lord Jon Connington!"
"Please seek justice for me!"
"Those beasts raped and killed my wife. They also killed my son, who was only six years old!"
In the Crimson Mountains, in front of the tall Prince's Pass, there are tents stretching far away. White tents hang with the flags of various families, dotting this barren and barren mountain with only rugged and strange rocks.
The few grass blades and trees in the mountains were fluttering in the wind, and there was also a smell of gravel in the air. These were carried by the strong wind blowing from the desert south of the Crimson Mountains. He couldn't help but take a breath.
Cough for a long time.
Dorne's environment and climate are harsh, especially as there are few trees on the hillside. The bare king's army camp is exposed to the sun, and the temperature is rising rapidly.
In the central tent of the king's army, nobles from all walks of life in the Reach are now gathered together. The leader is Jon Clinton, the commander-in-chief of the Hand of the King's army that suppressed the rebellion this time.
At this moment, the camp was in a mess, everyone was talking about their own things, and the already hot weather made the listeners just want to scratch their scalps. They also felt a lot more impetuous in their hearts, and their tone of voice became a lot more aggressive.
The person who is speaking now is also a victim of this conflict. He is also another protagonist, Earl Cenfold. The Cenfold family's fiefdom, Censhufan, was attacked by the Fowler family. Earl Cenfold's wife, children, and children were all killed, including Cenfold.
The maids, guards, and captive chickens, ducks, geese, and two dogs in Shutan Castle were all wiped out, and they were extremely ruthless.
Therefore, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, which aroused the anger of many princes and nobles in the Reach. They shared the same hatred and gathered a large number of private soldiers to surround the Prince's Pass to seek justice for Earl Cenfold.
After all, everyone's army has been confiscated now, leaving only private soldiers within the specifications based on the size of the territory, which has shrunk in size by about five to ten times.
In the past, the nobles of the Reach could easily gather an army of 20,000 people, and even with all their strength, it was not impossible to gather more than 100,000 people.
But now there are only these three melons and two dates left. It's better that the Dornish people don't attack. If they attack, wouldn't they put their necks on the opponent's blade and wait for death?
Therefore, this time aroused public outrage. The princes and nobles of the Reach united and formed a momentum to demand severe punishment for the Fowler family.
Not to mention that the king would protect the Fowler family, there was no excuse even if he wanted to.